Soap holder



W. MERRY SOAP HOLDER Jan. 10, 1950 Filed Feb. 8, 1947 INVENTOR. 44% 725E Wave? Y mitting drying of all sides Patented Jan. 10, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE SOAP HOLDER Walter Merry, River Rouge, Mich. I Application February 8, 1947, Serial No. 727,357 2 Claims. (01. 45-28) This invention relates to soap-holders and more particularly to a device for holding a wet bar of soap and permitting it to dry throughout substantially all of its surfaces.

It is the object of this invention to provide a soap-holder which eifectively supports and retains a wet bar of soap, and at the same time permits the exposure of most of its surfaces facilitating atmospheric drying.

It is the object of this invention to provide a pair of spaced soap supports, together with resilient means for retaining the soap on said supports.

It is the further object of this invention to provide means for maintaining the soap in spaced relation to the holder housing, thereby perof the soap.

It is the still further object of this invention to provide a drip tray on the lower part of the soap-holder housing to thereby prevent drippings from running down the wall upon which the holder is mounted.

These and other objects will be seen from the following specification and claims in conjunction with the appended drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the soap-holder.

Figure 2 is a side 22 of Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the holder with a bar of soap projected and retained therein.

Referring to the drawing the soap-holder consists of a platform base I I adapted for mounting on a wall, with a plurality of screw holes I2 formed therein to provide a means of fastenmg.

A pair of spaced outwardly projecting soap supporting members I3 extend angularly upwardly from base II and have flat slightly inclined soap supporting edges I4 upon which a bar of soap may be positioned and supported as shown in Figure 3.

Substantially flat spring I5 depends from base I I with its upper end secured thereon by rivets I6. Said spring is mounted centrally on base II and terminates in the freely flexing coiled portion II, whose bottom edge I8 is adapted to lightly and retainingly engage the top surface of the soap mounted on supports I3.

It will be noted that said spring is arcuately formed so that the lower edge I8 of the said spring has merely a point contact with the soap, leaving the maximum of its top surface to exposure to the atmosphere for drying.

elevational section on line Spring I5, I1 is formed of stainless steel or spring steel, but is thin and has the characteristic of extreme flexibility. The spring is soft like a watch spring so that a, minimum of pressure is exerted upon the soap toprevent indentation, and further so that the spring will readily compress or coil up to the proper height to accommodate the width of the soap to be inserted in the holder.

As shown in Figure 2 the lower portion of the spring I5 bears against the outer edge of rivet I9 which is mounted on and projects centrally from base II. The lower coiled end I! of said spring is thus maintained away from base I I, when said coil is in its lowest position as illustrated in Figure 2.

As shown in Figure 3, a relatively new bar of soap 20 is centrally positioned across supports I3 with its inner vertical edge bearing against rivet I9 and the other two rivets 2|, which are also mounted on and project from base II.

The upper surfaces I4 of supports I3 are inclined downwardly and inwardly to prevent the soap from accidentally slipping off said supports.

Rivets I9 and 2| have arcuate heads and thus engage the soaps edge only at a limited number of points to expose the maximum area of the side wall of the soap to the atmosphere for drying. It is seen that rivets I9 and 2| thus maintain the inner edge of soap 20- in spaced relation to base II, so that substantially all of its surface is exposed to the air, with the exception of the portion thereof on its under side which bears upon supports I 3.

In Figure 3 it is noted that coil I! has moved upwardly to the position shown to correspond to the thickness of the soap 20 positioned upon supports I3.

A drip tray 22 projects from the lower portion of base II and extends across its surface. The upper surface of tray 22 is concave at 23 and is adapted to collect any moisture which may drip from the bar of soap 20. While said moisture may drop off the forward lip of tray 22, it is the principal function of said tray to prevent said moisture from running down the wall upon which said holder is mounted.

Having described my invention, reference should now be had to the claims which follow for determining the scope thereof.

I claim:

1. A soap-holder comprising a base adapted for attachment to a wall, a pair of spaced substantially horizontal soap supports projecting therefrom, and a leaf type spring with its upper straight end mounted on said base and with its lower end coiled to resiliently and lightly bear upon a bar of soap centrally positioned on said supports.

2. A soap-holder comprising a base, a pair of horizontally spaced relatively narrow soap supports projecting therefrom and inclined upwardly, a flat spring centrally mounted at one end upon said base above said supports, its lower end being coiled so that. an intermediate portion thereof=resiliently bears upon the central portion of a bar of soap, and spaced rivets projecting from the inner side wall of said base and bearing: against said soap to maintain a spaced relationbetween said soap and said base.

WALTER MERRY REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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